2008 Newcastle City Council election

Results of the 2008 Newcastle City Council election

Elections were held for one-third of the 78 seats on the Newcastle City Council on 1 May 2008. The ruling Liberal Democrats slightly increased their majority, and the table below shows the composition of the Council Chamber following these results.[1]

   Party Seats Council Composition 1 May 2008
2006 2007 2008
  Liberal Democrats ? 46 49                                                                                                  
  Labour ? 31 29                                                          

Results summary

2008 Newcastle City Council election[1][2][3]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 19 Increase3 67.9 30 49 62.8 32,903 45.8
  Labour 9 Decrease2 32.1 20 29 37.2 22,855 31.8
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 9,666 13.5
  BNP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,035 5.6
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,107 1.5
  Independent 0 Decrease1 0.0 0 0 0.0 685 1.0
  Free England 0 New 0.0 0 0 0.0 367 0.5 New
  UKIP 0 New 0.0 0 0 0.0 135 0.2 New
  Communist 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 31 0.0
  Left List 0 New 0.0 0 0 0.0 27 0.0 New

Ward results

References

  1. ^ a b Tetteh, Edmund (12 June 2008). "Local elections 2008" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Newcastle City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2008 - Newcastle upon Tyne". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 22 February 2024.


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